The latest PPP poll shows President Trump has a 43% approval rating and a 53% disapproval rating.
How many 3 week old presidents have been under water by 10 points?
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Trump Angry Over Low Approval Numbers
President Trump took to Twitter this morning to rant about so-called “fake news” and “negative polls:”
Any negative polls are fake news, just like the CNN, ABC, NBC polls in the election. Sorry, people want border security and extreme vetting.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 6, 2017
I call my own shots, largely based on an accumulation of data, and everyone knows it. Some FAKE NEWS media, in order to marginalize, lies!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 6, 2017
It seems the president isn’t interested in any opinions that oppose his own. And the “call my own shots” comment would seem to be related to recent reports (like a big TIME Magazine cover story) that White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon has been directing Trump’s activities behind the scenes.
The latest CNN/ORC poll shows the president continues to be mired in low approval numbers. From job approval (44% approve, 53% disapprove) to his executive order on immigration (47% approve, 53% oppose).
Additionally, he compares unfavorably to his predecessors in terms of approval at this point in a presidential term.
More from CNN:
Trump’s tweet seemed to be motivated by a Monday morning segment on CNN’s “New Day.” (The president frequently watches cable news in the morning.)
At 6:31 a.m. ET, CNN political director David Chalian showed CNN/ORC’s latest poll results, starting with 44% approval and 53% disapproval of Trump’s job performance.
Then he said, “What about that travel ban policy? How’s the country reacting to that? A majority are opposed. Slim majority. 53% of Americans oppose the travel ban, 47% in favor.”
Trump’s tweet provoked widespread criticism on Monday morning. “This is bizarre behavior. Something is not right,” Joaquin Castro, a Democratic congressman from Texas, responded.
Another vocal Trump critic, the activist Deray McKesson, tweeted, “‘Negative news = fake news’ is the beginning of tyranny.”
Poll: Trump Has Highest Disapproval Of Any Newly Elected President In History
According to the latest CNN/ORC poll, President Trump has the highest disapproval ratings of any newly elected president.
The survey shows that 53% of Americans disapprove of how Trump is handling his job, while 44% approve. Trump is the first president in U.S. history to have a net-negative rating so soon after taking office.
Trump’s high disapproval numbers are a departure from those of his predecessors.
Ronald Reagan’s initial approval rating of 51% was not that far above Trump’s current rating of 44% now. However, Reagan’s disapproval number (13%) was much lower than Trump’s.
George W. Bush fared much better – 57% approval in February of his first year in office, with only 25% disapproving.
Poll: Majority Of Americans Disapprove Of Trump Executive Orders
From Gallup:
Between 36% and 42% of Americans approve of suspending the Syrian refugee program, temporarily halting entry into the U.S. for most people from seven Muslim-majority countries, and ordering the construction of a wall between the U.S. and Mexico. These approval scores are slightly below Trump’s overall job approval rating of 43%.
Although there are some differences in approval of Trump’s orders, Americans’ reactions to them — and their overall evaluation of Trump as president at this point — are broadly similar. The executive orders receive majority disapproval, ranging from 55% who oppose the immigration restriction to 60% who oppose building a wall between the U.S. and Mexico.
Fifty-two percent disapprove of Trump’s overall job performance.
Multiple Polls Show Trump’s First Days In Office Viewed Negatively
A new poll conducted by Quinnipiac University shows President Trump’s first few days in office are not resonating with the American people.
From the survey:
• Trump begins with 36% of Americans disapproving vs. 44% job approving
• The results are worse when you look at the opinions of women polled – 33% approve while 50% disapprove
• No surprise that Trump enjoys healthy numbers from Republicans (81% vs. 3%), while Democrats disapprove (77% vs. 4%). Independent voters disapprove 45% vs. 35% approve
Additionally, there’s slightly better news from Public Policy Polling, who have just released their latest survey which indicates the American people evenly split 44% approve/44% disapprove of Trump’s first week in office.
Also from the PPP survey:
• Only 34% of voters want to build a wall with Mexico if American taxpayers have to pay up front for it, compared to 53% who are opposed to doing that
• Only 30% of voters think the best approach to healthcare in the US is to repeal the Affordable Care Act and start over, while 61% would prefer Congress to keep the Affordable Care Act and fix parts that aren’t working
• 59% of voters think Trump needs to release his tax returns versus 32% who don’t think it’s necessary for him to
• 54% of voters would support a law requiring candidates for President to release 5 years of tax returns in order to appear on the ballot
The poll goes on to indicate that Americans feel Trump will be a worse president that Richard Nixon.
Survey: Trump’s Approval Numbers Continue To Slide
President-elect did not like what he saw in the latest CNN/ORC poll which showed the Trumpster will be taking office as president with by far the lowest approval ratings of a newly-elected president in decades.
According to the survey’s results, Trump’s approval numbers stand at 40%, with 52% disapproving.
That’s a long ways behind that of President Barack Obama (84% approval) as he took office 8 years ago. President George W. Bush had 61% approval, and Bill Clinton took the oath of office with 67% approval.
Additionally, 53% of those surveyed say they have less confidence in Trump’s ability to serve as president since election day.
Of course, he couldn’t let that go untweeted:
You’ll note that Mr. Trump loves citing any poll that shows him in a positive light.
His tweet must be referencing the pre-election polls that correctly predicted that Hillary Clinton would get more votes than he did.
More than 2.8 million more votes, to be precise.
Donald Trump’s Approval Numbers Remain Upside Down
According to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, even after clinching the Electoral College vote yesterday, President-elect Donald Trump has some work ahead of him in terms of finding majority approval from the country as a whole.
The new survey shows only 40% of Americans have a “positive” opinion of Trump while 46% have a negative opinion. That’s a net negative six points.
This is highly unusual for an incoming president.
Looking forward, only 45% of those polled are “optimistic/confident” about how Trump’s presidency will affect the country. Fifty-four percent say they are either uncertain/pessimistic about the incoming administration.
Contrast that with our past two presidents: A combined 66 percent were either optimistic or hopeful about Obama in January 2009, according to the same poll, while 59 percent were optimistic or hopeful about George W. Bush in January 2001.
Emerson College Poll Projection: Hillary Clinton Will Win In Electoral College Landslide 323-215
Emerson College Polling predicts that Hillary Clinton will win the White House in a landslide victory.
Using polling results from it’s own recent surveys plus polling averages from RealClearPolitics for state where they did not poll, the pollsters project that Hillary will win 323 votes in the Electoral College, leaving Donald Trump only 215 votes.
This matches just about where most pundits were predicting before the “Comey Intrusion” ten days ago.
Additionally, the prediction says Democrats will prevail in at least four Senate races which would be enough for the Dems to regain control of the Senate, with Vice-President Kaine to vote as tie-breaker.
Emerson College shows the Democrat will win the Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri and Pennsylvania Senate races, as well as retain retiring Sen. Harry Reid’s seat in Nevada.
CBS News Poll: Hillary Clinton Leads Donald Trump 45% – 41%
CBS News releases it’s last poll of the presidential cycle today, and it shows Democrat Hillary Clinton leading Republican Donald Trump by 4 points, 45% – 41% respectively.
From CBS News:
Trump leads among white men, whites without a college degree, and seniors. Clinton leads among women, African-Americans and younger voters, and she has an edge among whites with a college degree.
Clinton voters are more likely to strongly favor their candidate than Trump voters, while Trump voters are slightly more likely than Clinton voters to cast their vote because they dislike the other candidates.
Hillary Clinton has now closed the enthusiasm gap – her voters are now slightly more likely to say they are very enthusiastic about voting than Donald Trump’s voters. This is a shift from last week, when Trump voters had the edge on enthusiasm.
According to the survey, few voters say they could change their minds at this point.
NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll: Clinton Leads Trump 44% – 40%
NBC News reports that Democrat Hillary Clinton heads into the final 48 hours of the presidential campaign with a four point lead over Republican Donald Trump.
Clinton garners 44% of the vote, while Trump trails at 40%. Libertarian Gary Johnson received 6% support and Green Party’s Jill Stein sits at 2%.
While I’d certainly rather an eight or ten point lead, Hillary is better off four points ahead than four points behind.